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NEW YORK: The United States sets a new all-time record for confirmed coronavirus cases in a single 24-hour period on Friday, reporting just over 100,000 new infections to surpass the record total of 91,000 released a day earlier, according to a Reuters tally. .
The number of daily cases of 100,233 is also a world record for the global pandemic, surpassing the 97,894 cases reported by India on a single day in September.
Five times in the past ten days, the US has surpassed its previous single-day record of 77,299 cases recorded in July. The number of daily infections reported over the past two days indicates that the nation is now reporting more than one new case per second.
The spike comes just four days before Tuesday’s US presidential election. The Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed nearly 230,000 people in the United States, has dominated the final stretch of the campaign.
The United States crossed 9 million cumulative cases on Friday, representing nearly 3% of the population, according to a Reuters tally of publicly reported data.
On Friday, 16 US states reported their biggest coronavirus infections in one day, while thirteen states had record levels of hospitalized patients with Covid-19.
So far in October, 31 states have set records for increases in new cases, including five considered key in the November 3 presidential election: Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden held rallies in Florida on Thursday, showcasing their contrasting approaches to the pandemic.
For every 10,000 people in the US, more than 272 coronavirus cases have been reported and about seven people have died, according to a Reuters analysis. In Europe there have been 127 cases and four deaths per 10,000 inhabitants.
More than 1,000 people died from the virus on Thursday, marking the third time in October that a milestone was passed in a single day. The number of hospitalized patients with Covid-19 has risen more than 50% in October to 46,000, the highest number since mid-August.
